Web 1.0, Web 2.0, Web 3.0; definitions and uses today. e-Portfolios
In this class we discussed about Web 1.0, Web 2.0 and Web 3.0. In this respect, we talked about their origins and differences, and also we talked about how these technological tools have changed our world. To summarize this class, it is advisable to provide a definition these three technological tools.
According to some information found in Wikipedia, Web 1.0 is the most basic form of internet. It emerged in 1993 for public access, but with some limitations. That is to say, with Web 1.0. Users were only able to reed information from web pages. There were not allowed to interact with the information in the pages, with the owner of the page or other users. One example of Web 1.0 could be the “Real Academia Española” web page. There you can find information, but you are not able to modify it.
According to Dean Clark`s In 2005, Internet faced a new change, at that time; Dale Dougherty came out with a revolutionary technological tool, it was Web 2.0. With this new innovate alternative, users were, by the first time, allowed to participate, freely, on the development of information. In other words, now, users not only could read, but also, they could add and share their ideas and information with others about a common or individual topic. One example of Web 2.0 could be Wikipedia, wikis, facebook and blogs where users are allowed to interact with information and other people.
About.com provides us with a comparison among Web 1.0 and Web 2.0: “Web 2.0 is an interactive and social web facilitating collaboration between people. This is distinct from the early web (Web 1.0) which was a static information dump where people read websites but rarely interacted with them.”
Dale Dougherty in his blog, gives us a definition of Web 3.0, the latest one. He says: “Basically, Web 3.0 is a location where web pages are read by machines just like humans read them. This is also a place where search engines abound. Looking at it on a layman’s perspective, it simply means a single database for the whole world (well, this is not quite simple when you begin to fathom the work it’s going to take to make this happen)”.
Dale Dougherty also provides us with an example of Web 3.0. He states: “The technology of Web 3.0 is evident in Google Gears which allows users to create web applications even when offline. The Adobe Flash player lets application developers have some access to the microphone and webcam. Pretty soon, it would be possible to drag then drop files from the desktop all the way to a web browser”.
For further information, I recommend to you to follows these links where I found the information previously discussed. I hope you enjoy.
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